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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1947
Page
6
Pressure cookers and other canning equipment will be working overtime to handle garden produce this year. Canning is gratifying for winter eating, but avoid using unsound produce and follow steps: wash vegetables, pre cook and hot pack, use a steam pressure cooker for safety, and boil canned vegetables 10 to 15 minutes before serving.
The article provides practical guidance on vegetable canning including cloudiness in peas, proper packing depths, browning corn from high heat or minerals, why beets turn white, overprocessing risks, batch canning, salt usage, jar cleanliness, and choosing appropriate jar covers per manufacturer directions.
A humorous vignette shows a Phillips couple wrestling with housing dreams after marriage in a wartime era. They joke about trailers tents windmills and haunted cookeries while considering a modest future. The piece ends with a light jab at aging and a wedding gift.
Advertisement for Look Your Best pattern No 145 in sizes 34 to 48 with fabric specs 36 34% yards of 85 or 29 inch plus a free pattern in the Fashion Summer catalog. Order from Washington DC June 23 1947. Bubble Gum not to blame for junior’s upset stomachs per FDA statement.
Lynn advises using fork prongs to flute cucumbers and bananas for fruit and vegetable ads. Mold vegetables to create attractive platters with carrots peas and spinach. Place a contrasting colored vegetable in the mold center for visual appeal.
Practical kitchen guidance about arranging olives around a meat salad bowl and keeping vegetables crisp, with cautions on presentation and serving style. Mentions fancy cutters and porch service, then shifts to a cinema note and a stark political blast from Pravda warning of ruin in America.
The Department of Justice sues ASCAP accusing it of monopolizing music while critics question if Attorney General Clark pursues the case as a publicity move. Also noted is a brighter note about sunshine despite the otherwise grim headlines. A separate note mentions ten thousand gallons of unbartered beer arriving in America.
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